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We have $19.5M in cap space spent on 17 players currently, but that doesn't include Horvat and Miller, which you have to figure is going to combine for around $10M
So $9.5M to spend on 4 more guys. I guess we COULD drop $4-$5M on a 2nd/3rd pair dman, but is that a smart idea?
thinking if we sign alzner, tanev or hutton are gone. id prefer kulikov to alzner when playing with gudbranson. just because they have done decent together before
also chiarelli has said he will match any offer sheet for draisaitl. hope the habs offer 9mil for the hell of it
Nice thing about Hutt-Gud pairing is at least they're both young enough to hopefully still improve.
That and Gud has a lot to prove this season...glad he only got 1 year. If he shits the bed this year, he's as good as gone.
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Nail Yakupov will not be qualified by the Blues, will be a UFA
I wouldn't mind taking a flyer on him, bottom six role at best, Utica call up option at worst. Doubt KHL will be interested in him either.
Gotta be an upgrade over Megna at the very least, right
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Kulikov is meh and Alzer apparently sucked last season (he does fulfill the need for LHD) because he can't skate and his positioning was poor. There was an article where he talks about blocking so many shots that he has difficulty opening jars now.
Based on that list, I'd probably try and get a guy like Franson (RHD - 29 @ 3.325m) or value signings like Hunwick (LHD - 32 @ 1.2m), Hainsey (LHD - 36 @ 2.8m), Smith (LHD - 28 @ 2.75m) or even Campbell (LHD - 38 @ 1.5m)
We're not going after the guys that will produce big numbers like Shattenkirk, Markov etc. Canucks are realistically another 3+ seasons away from being competitive, so they really just need to sign some veteran LHD guys to help tide them over and mentor the younger D guys. Having cheaper vets like Hainsey and Campbell can do that, although, I'm not entirely too sure as to whether Campbell is sticking to CHI or not.
Finnish Flash and his close friend and former teammate will be inducted with Dave Andreychuk, Mark Recchi, Danielle Goyette and builders Clare Drake and Jeremy Jacobs.
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alzner has a bunch of red flags. admitted his wife has to open jars for him because he has no strength in his hands due to all the bones broken from blocked shots. rather give holm a shot and tank I guess.
Also prefer weal over yakupov
boucher, gaunce, labate,chaput all qualified. still no confirmation on them qualifying bo
Like i said, pretty low risk signing a guy like Yak here. Given a decent set up man, he could be a 10-15 goal scorer.
I'd rather see him get some minutes over Megna or Chaput.
Ty Rattie was also not qualified. Went unclaimed at the waivers last season. I wouldn't mind him either.
Basically lots of decent low risk stop gaps available while the kids develop, it couldn't hurt.
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Boucher yet to be re-signed, Goldobin isn't a slam-dunk to make the team.
Aren't Granlund, Gaunce and Dorsett injured and will likely be missing training camp/first few months?
Pretty sure I saw somewhere that Rodin is going back to Europe, I could be wrong though.
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